ONDO State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said elections have become very difficult to rig in the country with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). Governor Akeredolu who spoke in his office while playing host to the retiring Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State, Mr. Rufus Akeju described …

Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, I hope this mail finds you in good spirits… I must not fail to thank you once again for helping to deepen our democracy by leading the change movement that saw an opposition party capture power at the centre for the first time in Nigerian history. …

FAMOUS Nigerian actress and presenter, Iretiola Olusola Doyle has finally announced a divorce from her husband and veteran broadcaster, Patrick Doyle. Ireti disclosed in her interview with popular media personality, Chude Jideonwo that “we are officially divorced.” Delving into her life’s journey, the actress also corrected the false impression that …

A former presidential aide and spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign council in Cross River State, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has claimed that the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi is not eligible for next month’s presidential election. Obono-Obla in an interview in Calabar said that …

BENUE State Governor, Samuel Ortom has condemned the destruction of campaign billboards mounted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in parts of Gboko Local Government Area of the State. Newsextra24 reports that some thugs suspected to have been sponsored by rival parties had launched an attack on PDP campaign materials …

DRAMATIC scenes are not new in Nigeria’s political landscape, particularly during elections. Public officials in Nigeria often take advantage of the presence of camera to express the other side of themselves, particularly the emotional side. On Sunday, the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Ahmed Datti had an emotional …

THE Director of Voter Education and Publicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Victor Aluko, has said the commission extended the Permanent Voter Cards collection deadline to counter fake news . Aluko said this when he appeared on the Channels TV programme, Politics Today, which our correspondent monitored on Friday He said …

THE Central Bank of Nigeria may be under pressure to extend the deadline for old naira notes to cease being legal tender as bankers and customers push for the extension. The old notes are expected to be out of circulation by January 31 yet there is scarcity of the new …

Actress, Beverly Osu, has said Nigerians don’t take issues pertaining to mental health seriously. She added that there was an increasing rate of suicide among the youth because they were overwhelmed. She told Saturday Beats, “Nigerians don’t take mental health seriously. It is said that when one has an emotional problem, …

A midnight fire incident has destroyed goods worth millions of naira in at least 10 shops at popular Araromi spare parts market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Newsextra24 gathered that the incident occurred around 2am on Saturday as a result of the burning of refuse. One of the spare …